The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has convicted a medical doctor and founder of MedContour Services Ltd., Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, who conducted a failed plastic surgery that resulted in the death of one Nneka Onwuzuligbo in 2020, FIJ reports. This was disclosed by a former Director-General of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection…
A teacher has been found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys. Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed the teenagers from the age of 15, Manchester crown court heard, and was on bail for sexual activity with the first child, boy A, when she began having sex with the second, boy B, by whom she went on…
The world No 1, Scottie Scheffler, has teed off in the second round of the US PGA Championship after an extraordinary sequence of events that occurred on Friday morning after he tried to drive into the course and was subsequently arrested, detained and booked on four separate charges by police. Dramatic footage showed the golfer being led…
It is a figure that discombobulates the mind every bit as sharply as a right hook to the temple. When Tyson Fury fights Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia for the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO world heavyweight championship belts in the early hours of Sunday morning, local time, he will reportedly earn a guaranteed £81.5m. And if…
French police have shot dead a man armed with a knife and iron bar who set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen. The interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, posted on X that the man had been “neutralised”, and he thanked officers for their “reactivity and their courage”. Emergency services were alerted after a fire…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said that the discovery of oil and gas in Nasarawa State will contribute in no small measure to the development of the nation’s economy. The Group Managing Director of NNPCL, Mele Kyari disclosed this at the ongoing Nasarawa Investment summit. He assured that the firm will also…
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, on Thursday, announced May 24, 2024, as the official date for the opening of the portal for student loan applications. The announcement was made in a statement by the media lead for the NELFund, Nasir Ayantogo. Ayantogo, in the statement, said the opening of the application…
Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable is back in the studio after 24 hours of detention in police custody. The Zazuu crooner regained his freedom after meeting the bail conditions set for his release. The singer, on Thursday, shared a snippet of soon to be released new song – “Spiderman” in response…
The House of Representatives has mandated the Committee on Commerce to investigate the daily increase in prices of commodities in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion by Representative Jesess Onuakalusi, PDP-Delta on the Need to Awaken Price Control Board of Nigeria to its Constitutional Responsibilities, at plenary today. Presenting the motion, Onuakalusi…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, through the Bank of Industry BOI, to extend its single-digit interest-rate financing to media organizations in the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris stated when he received members of the Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria IBAN, on…
